> > Once upon a time Judd Bourgeois shaped the electrons to say...
> > >what about releasing programming specs without NDA's for Linux/FreeBSD
> > >developers? any possibility of that?
> >
> > No. We do not release any specs, even *with* an NDA.
>
> #include <everyone_knows_I_love_Livingston.h>
>
> I hate to say it, but I can see a growing discontent in the "open OS"
> camps with this sort of policy. Isn't there -something- that can be
> done to get increased platform support? Make someone a temporary
> employee and claim their firstborn as collateral?
I'll be the first to say I'm nothing less that thrilled with the quality
of product and service that Livingston provides. I installed two ISDN 5
BRI's in a PM2eR the other day, and when I started I was afraid that it
was going to take hours to configure properly. I had it up and running
in under 10 minutes, thanks to the documentation and the fact that it was
just plain easy. I'd like to thank MZ for all the time he spends
answering questions here, too - can anyone even TRY to name me another
company that provides this kind of service? (even if it's not "official"
service?)
But, in spite of all that, I probably won't use the PowerLink 128, since
there aren't any drivers for my machine, and with no specs there probably
will never be. I know 90% of the world runs something with "Windows" in
the name of the OS, but it's that modest 5% who are running Unix-based
OS's that make the recommendations of products for those 90%. And if I
can't test a product on my machine, you can bet I will not recommend it
to my users or my clients.
Perhaps Livingston would at least consider writing drivers for Linux?
There are an awful lot of us out here... many of whom dual-boot and might
be more inclined to buy a product if it worked under all the OS's they
boot.
shag
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